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Horror vacui [by Alexander Kolassa]

Horror vacui [by Alexander Kolassa]
In the fine tradition of respectable &#39;arts&#39; bearing latin names...On this occasion the title refers to a term often employed to describe an artists apparant&nbsp;tendency to frantically hide all trace of the white canvas in a painting. It is usually suggestive of said artists questionable mental health, and Adolf Wolfli, the inspiration of this piece, painted all his work from within a mental institute in which he spent most of his life (he is&nbsp;often credited as one of the first &#39;outsider&#39; artists - art brut). In this piece I make no claim at recreating his art musically (Brian Ferneyhough and Per Norgard have been similarly influenced by him and probably done that better than I would) but I atleast attempt to recreate some of the madness I find inherant within his work&nbsp;(as well as&nbsp;corresponding&nbsp;feelings it evokes in me).In here the &#39;horror vacui&#39; is manifested in a constantly ascending/descending &#39;shepard-risset&#39; glissando, transcribed for string trio and&nbsp;underpinning much of the work.incidently, this doesnt entirely represent an &#39;acurate&#39; performance, but considering certain logistical constraints the performers did as well as could be hoped.(included is two performances... I&#39;d recommend the second despite a more cataclysmic mistake near the end)
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